Christopher's & Crush Lounge, 4 stars Sep 3, 2008
A half-liter of bracing Schlumberger Grand Cru Riesling ($40) or supple Chateau Sergant Lalande-de-Pomerol ($32) ratchets up the pleasure without jeopardizing your retirement. Gross knows a good show requires a big finish. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Garage Sales Aug 30, 2008
Clothes infant to adult and plus sizes, glassware, dishes, some furniture, tools, trucking equipment, tarps, binders, ratchets, etc. Thurs. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Classified 8/28/08 Aug 29, 2008
Clothes infant to adult and plus sizes, glassware, dishes, some furniture, tools, trucking equipment, tarps, binders, ratchets, etc. GARAGE SALE Yard sale Fri. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Aug 17, 2008
Here, a kung-fu sword-and-sorcery showdown is staged amid a giant, constantly moving, interlocking construction of cog-wheels and ratchets. The machinery, according to del Toro, is a homage to Chaplin's Modern Times. (guardian.co.uk)
The art world's Pepsi Generation Aug 8, 2008
" (Palast and Kennedy appear in the film, and Miller is listed as a consultant.) Fadiman has compiled a greatest-hits collection of problems, anecdotes, rumors and theories about what happened in 2004, with only the briefest lip service paid to the crucial information that hardly any of that year's problems were new, even the ones that appeared to be unique. ? Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, July 31, 2008 06:22 EDT Up all night with a psycho blonde Profane, hilarious and ultimately heartbreaking, Alex... (Salon)
Morris and McGann: August is the Time to Take Obama... Aug 2, 2008
The more the crisis with Iran ratchets up, the more dividends this approach will reap for McCain. But, as with the argument of an impending depression if Obama wins, McCain needs to begin the argument now and let it pile up by the fall. (Fox News)
UN to go green Aug 1, 2008
UNITED NATIONS: The culture of stiff collar and smart suits in summer might be over at the United Nations as it ratchets up thermostat on weeks days and completely shuts down the air-conditioning during weekends to help reduce greenhouse gas emission and save $ one million. Unveiling the "Cool UN" initiative, the world body advised diplomats, staff and journalist to wear lighter clothes as the air conditioning temperature would be raised from 22 to 25 degrees centigrade from August one. (India Times, India)
Two new takes on packaging are in the bag Jul 30, 2008
That ratchets up the package's already carefully devised ability to seduce, as does the fact that this is no mass-produced paper bag; it's a handmade art object that cleverly straddles the divide between painting and sculpture. Look closely at it, and you may feel covetousness pumping through your veins. (Boston Globe)
Double-wide dreams Jul 30, 2008
Gradually Hunt ratchets up the tension until Ray is caught in something close to a slow-motion rural crime thriller. Before you know it, this is a movie that involves gunfire, a strip club, a Christmas miracle and a conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence River in the trunk of Ray's Dodge Spirit. (Salon)
More of this story Jul 26, 2008
He ratchets this particular blaze up a notch or two with a few gentle turns of a hand-crank blower on his left. Maintaining the fire is crucial: Coal must be reduced to "coke" -- which burns 300 degrees hotter than coal -- to generate the kind of heat needed to work the steel. (Huntersville Herald, NC)
LETTERS: NCT, July 25, 2008 Jul 26, 2008
Whether there were a 'successful' surge or no surge, continuing in Iraq like McCain wants, and while Bush ratchets the case for war with Iran and McCain jokes to the tune of 'bomb bomb Iran' anyway, sorry. I know exactly who the liberal wierdo is here, and it's not Obama. (North County Times)
Review: All Should Hail To 'The Dark Knight' Jul 18, 2008
The amazing thing is, and this is testament to Ledger's acting ability, he becomes from the first second he appears onscreen and ratchets up the intensity throughout the film with his herky-jerky mannerisms, a horrifyingly maniacal laugh and unmerciful methods of dispatching his victims (keep a close eye open for mind-blowing pencil trick he does near the beginning of the film). Defying naysayers, Ledger has definitely had the last laugh with this, his final completed movie role, by taking on a... (Click2Houston, TX)
Yahoo Slaps MSFT Offer Again Jul 14, 2008
It also ratchets up the cooperation between Microsoft and Icahn, who has been pushing a parallel crusade to replace Yahoo's current board with his own slate at the company's annual meeting Aug. 1. Yahoo criticized the latest offer, which it said was put on the table late Friday - under terms it described as take it or leave it - giving its board only 24 hours to respond. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Size doesn't matter Jul 5, 2008
Borges's genius at distillation jolts his readers the way a shot of espresso ratchets up your morning more than a pot of Pride of Arabia can. To switch metaphors, Ficciones dropped off a hot little visionary package that still leaves the dosimeters clicking away. (Globe and Mail)
• White House debates the future of Guantanamo Jul 4, 2008
As the administration ratchets up deliberations over its detainee policy, the Pentagon is pushing to move forward with the military commissions, which have been delayed for years by successful court challenges. The Pentagon has ordered each of the military services to make dozens of lawyers available to assist with the trials. (Q13.com, WA)
London The Activist Jun 29, 2008
Moreover, Raskin's introduction benefits from six decades of additional London research, and also ratchets up he analysis a notch. Born illegitimately in San Francisco in 1876, London was raised throughout the Bay Area, but primarily in Oakland, where he attended grammar school and, briefly, high school. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A4 is trickle-down tour de force Jun 28, 2008
Audi Drive Select ratchets up the algorithms that control throttle response, variable-rate steering, transmission behavior (gear-holding and shift points), and the adjustable-rate suspension, from Comfort to Sport (there's also a Personal setting if you really want to fiddle with the thing). The big news here is that the system actually makes a difference in the handling of the car. (Boston Globe)
Custom woodworking, art coalesce at new Charleston gallery Jun 28, 2008
When asked about his wood furnishings business, the energy ratchets up several notches. Recent projects have included the oak mirrors, a mahogany curio cabinet, and a 12-gun cherrywood gun storage cabinet. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
From Africa, beautiful bodies update a classic Jun 27, 2008
Following Stravinsky's lead, the tension ratchets up in the first of many waves of frenzy that weave through the piece (moments that are either slyly witty in their deadpan delivery or disturbing in their maniacal writhings). Here, as in much of the piece, the movement is simple in design and tribal in feel, with lots of rhythmically stomping feet and ecstatically shuddering torsos. (Boston Globe)
The Credit Crunch Still Bites Jun 27, 2008
The bill for securitization of credit and the meltdown of subprime mortgages and other collateralized debt obligations ratchets up to $500 billion. The end is nowhere in sight. (Forbes -- Markets)
T-Mobile Ratchets Up Competition With $10 Landline Service Jun 26, 2008
INTERNET &TECHNOLOGY. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY. (Investors Business Daily)
Europe ratchets up its pressure on immigrants Jun 20, 2008
No: Members of the European Parliament hold placards opposing new EU deportation rules. Vincent Kessler/Reuters. (Christian Science Monitor)
``Centrifuge,'' from Emerging Artist Antherius, Spins Its Way into the #10 Spot on the FMQB Chart alongside Supermajors Maroon 5, Colbie Caillat and Natasha Bedingfield Jun 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houston-based keyboardist-composer-producer Antherius, (), (), is all smilesthis weekas his single Centrifuge ratchets up to #10 on the FMQB-AC Radio Chart, alongside Maroon 5,Colbie Caillatand Natasha Bedingfield. The hit single Centrifugefrom Antherius' second album, has enjoyed rapid success on both commercial and CMJ radio since it was released on March 25, 2008. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Weeds' returns, with everything up in smoke Jun 14, 2008
Season 4 of the beloved Showtime series almost predictably ratchets up the chance taking, but the first three episodes are just as rich and compelling and funny and conflicted as any that have come before it. Whether Season 4 can continue to pull this off remains to be seen, but you have to give creator Jenji Kohan some credit for her fearlessness. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Could $4 gas cause some not to evacuate? Jun 14, 2008
Adding the worry about expensive gas ratchets up the tension, he said, especially for those who went through Katrina. "Those of us who have done it before know you can't always determine how far you will have to go or how long it will take," Griffin said. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Mazda3 S Touring Jun 12, 2008
Mazda3 ratchets up the fun factor ... Mazda3 ratchets up the fun factor Thursday, June 12, 2008 By Don Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ... There's plenty of that, along with a pleasant sounding exhaust note that ratchets up the fun quotient. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
14 comments Jun 11, 2008
If Barr, the author of the Defense of Marriage Act and the leader of the impeachment of Bill Clinton, ratchets up his campaign for smaller government and respect for the Constitution, opposing both McCain and Obama on such issues as campaign finance "reform" and global warming, there is no limit to the number of Christian Conservatives who may pull his lever. William Dalton, Burlington NCJun 11, 2008 @ 12:22 AMSo McCain has to court certain favored professional superstionists and their adherents... (Human Events Online)
Rezko remains distraction for Blagojevich Jun 6, 2008
The corruption trial of Antoin Tony Rezko has hung over the Blagojevich administration for months, but Rezko's conviction Wednesday ratchets up the political pressure on an already weakened governor. The end of the trial that exposed more crooked politics in Illinois comes at a time when Blagojevich wants lawmakers to work with him to quickly fix a state budget he says is about 2 billion out of whack and to pass a major public works program. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
* Rice ratchets up anti-Iran rhetoric Jun 5, 2008
Rice ratchets up anti-Iran rhetoric. PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY: The US secretary of states speech was also notable for not saying that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could be achieved by the end of the year NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE AND AFP, WASHINGTON Thursday, Jun 05, 2008, Page 6. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Comcast Tests a New Bandwidth Black List Jun 5, 2008
Carl Icahn ratchets up his campaign against Yahoo s directors with withering criticism of their failure to sell the company to Microsoft. June 416 comments. (New York Times)
Finally, it's a must-see NBA series Jun 5, 2008
Kobe ratchets up the entertainment value of this series. We want to see if the best player of this generation, with the era's best coach (Phil Jackson), can maybe start another three-peat as the Chicago Bulls did with Jordan. (Florida Times-Union)
Upfronts: A new season of decisions, decisions May 13, 2008
Who wants to bet that CBS ratchets down the boldness this coming season. Bubble shows. (San Francisco Chronicle)
To the almost-weds May 10, 2008
It looks like a dental tool from the 17th century, full of gears and ratchets and an auger. The Germans once used these for root canals. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Madison County police blotter May 8, 2008
Your Connection to the. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Athens Banner-Herald)
IS IT THE HAIR?: Colombian import is a hit for FC Dallas May 6, 2008
Soccer America: Toja is an MLS dream -- an impact import in his prime - Soccer America - SI.com. Posted: Monday May 5, 2008 12:45PM; Updated: Monday May 5, 2008 12:45PM. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Post-delisting wolf kills begin (1585) Apr 12, 2008
wolfhunter wrote on Apr 6, 2008 12:13 PM:" Ranchers are not the problem with our shrinking and changing wild lands. Over development is the real killer. You take the rancher out of the picture all you will have is 5 and 10 acer ratchets. Wow thats going to be better!! No!!! Ranch people are good people! Ranchers and farmers are about the only households raising children with a work ethic in this country. Not those Fat city people. How many of your children would stand up for what they believe... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Rivalry begins on lake Apr 10, 2008
Terrell said he hopes the tournament ratchets up the State-Carolina rivalry as a whole. "We definitely want to do an annual tournament," he said. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Taking a hard line on rewriting the bankruptcy code Apr 4, 2008
In places with fewer building restrictions, like Atlanta and Dallas, housing price volatility is moderated by a construction sector that supplies extra houses during booms and ratchets back building during downturns. In California and Massachusetts, where abundant land use restrictions keep new construction low, any uptick in demand translates into higher prices, which then come back to earth. (Boston Globe)
TJX to pay MasterCard as much as $24m over breach Apr 3, 2008
ramps up rivalry with One Laptop Per Child Intel Corp. unveiled features for its line of low-cost laptops for schools, adding bigger screens and more data storage capacity as the chip maker ratchets up its rivalry with the Cambridge-based One Laptop per Child organization, which sells a competing machine. Intel's Classmate PCs - slated to go on sale this month for $300 to $500 - reflect the company's growing efforts to sell computers equipped with its own chips to schools in developing... (Boston Globe)
Burns, Scalise sharpen barbs Apr 2, 2008
Saturday's runoff ratchets up attacks Wednesday, April 02, 2008By Cindy Chang St. Tammany bureau. Tim Burns and Steve Scalise are stepping up their attacks on each other as Saturday's GOP runoff in the 1st Congressional District approaches. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Senate must pass federal shield law Mar 27, 2008
Walton has ordered Toni Locy to pay up to $45,000 in fines and -- in an incredible departure from previous cases in which news reporters have been cited with contempt over confidential sources -- has ruled that no one may help her pay the fine, which ratchets up another $5,000 a day for each day she does not pay it. It means that her former employer, Gannett Co., which certainly benefits from having journalists who understand the importance of maintaining promises of confidentiality, cannot help... (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Our View: Borrowing to pay for regulations Mar 15, 2008
Even as the state ratchets up enforcement of the anti-global warming act and decides how to calculate business fees, scientists increasingly are realizing the problem is evaporating. Global temperatures in the past decade have shown no increase, and some scientists predict a cooling trend ahead. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
WWE Pins Orlando Promos Mar 15, 2008
Grappling Group Ratchets Up Marketing Behind Wrestlemania 24s Arrival. By Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 3/8/2008 11:52:00 AM. (Multichannel News)
Anne Frank musical puts a tragic story to song Mar 4, 2008
The second act picks up the pace and ratchets the intensity through the discovery and deportation of the Franks. Performances of A Song to Life are scheduled to run at Madrid's Calderon Haagen-Dazs Theater for the next year. (AZCentral -- News)
Campbell ratchets up his game again Feb 24, 2008
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Border war with Tennessee gets serious Feb 23, 2008
These more or less are the marching orders set forth in the "Confidential Water Policy Memorandum." Released Friday, the document ratchets up the talk of border war between Georgia and Tennessee. Photos. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sky high ambitionBut is Europe's sat-nav system going to cost the UK too much? Feb 15, 2008
It is part of the great European "vision" that ratchets ever onwards. Please don't think your opinion matters to those concerned with making such decisions. (BBC News -- UK)
'In Bruges': Hit Parade, By Kurt Loder Feb 9, 2008
When he encounters difficulty conveying its seriousness, he decides to put in a murderous personal appearance; and when he finally arrives in Bruges in the flesh, about two-thirds of the way through the picture, the story ratchets up from a merely startling series of shootings and smackdowns to a new level of cutthroat comic delirium. McDonagh is a master of bristling dialogue and sudden bloody violence, and he doesn't cheat the story by softening it. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Cloverfield UK Review Feb 8, 2008
The shaky-cam-o-vision not only ratchets up the tension, as you, like the on-screen characters, try and catch a glimpse at the beast doing all the city-wrecking, but more importantly it also makes the literally incredible plot seem eerily plausible. - Paramount Pictures. (IGN FilmForce)
Friendswood Police Action Feb 1, 2008
January 23 (8:42 a.m.) A small toolbox of ratchets was reported stolen from a larger truck mounted toolbox parked at Bridgestone Apartments, 4949 FM 2351. January 21 (11:00 p.m.) A wallet was stolen in a vehicle burglary at 24-Hour Fitness, 130 W. Parkwood. (Friendswood Journal, TX)
Chippewa Falls Middle School shop project building thanks to community Jan 31, 2008
They use drills, sanders, ratchets, wood burners, chisels, hammers, a tenoring bit and other tools. You get to use a lot of new stuff, said Oliva Barry, an eighth grader. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Obama Achilles Heel on Clinton's Foot, Too? Jan 26, 2008
Undated Photo With Controversial Fundraiser Tony Rezko Ratchets Up Duel With Obama. The appearance of a photo that purports to show Hillary and Bill Clinton posing with indicted businessman, and former Barack Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko, rocked the Clinton campaign on Friday. (ABC News)
US: Armor-piercing bomb attacks down Jan 21, 2008
The report card further muddles U.S.-Iranian relations as Washington ratchets up its anti-Tehran rhetoric in the shadow of a recent intelligence report that the Islamic Republic halted a nuclear weapons program four years ago. A second suicide bombing in two days, meanwhile, killed six people in Anbar province, birthplace of the Sunni movement against al-Qaida in Iraq that has been a major factor in a recent downturn in nationwide violence. (Albany Times Union)
Reverend Organdrum Jan 15, 2008
It's clearly a kitschy side project, but it is ably performed and ratchets up Heath's rep as a guitarslinger. Steve Morse. (Boston Globe)
Letterman, Ferguson get the edge Jan 2, 2008
The competition in latenight ratchets into another dimension this week, as the network mainstays return in an unprecedented haves and have-not scenario. CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" go back on air with original segs tonight with their writing staffs intact, thanks to an interim agreement Letterman's Worldwide Pants production banner inked with the Writers Guild of America on Friday. (Variety)
Castleton may face scrutiny of SBI Dec 29, 2007
Getting the SBI's financial-crimes unit involved ratchets up the pressure on Castleton and its sole shareholder and founder, Suzanne Clifton, said Tony Riddick, a deputy commissioner at the state Department of Insurance. Clifton could not be reached for comment Friday. (News & Observer)
Some tax breaks look a little different this year Dec 28, 2007
In addition, after a manufacturer sells 60,000 cars eligible for the credit, the value of the credit ratchets down and then expires completely after a year. That means you can't get a tax credit at all for buying a hybrid Toyota because too many people popped for Priuses in previous years. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Happy Holidays? Not when Suns-Lakers meet again Dec 23, 2007
What is missing in the NBA thus far in the 2007-08 season is a feud, a good, old-fashioned verbal donnybrook that ratchets up interest. It is especially gratifying around Christmas. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Don’t wait until tax time to trim your 2007 bill Dec 23, 2007
In addition, after a manufacturer sells 60,000 cars eligible for the credit, the value of the credit ratchets down and then expires completely after a year. That means you can t get a tax credit at all for buying a hybrid Toyota because too many people popped for Priuses in previous years. (Scranton Times, PA)
ImprovBoston's 'Holiday Three Way' Dec 20, 2007
ImprovBoston's annual holiday celebration ratchets up the cringe factor with a riotous take on the dark side of the season. This irreverent collection of one-act plays and performance pieces forgoes the nice in favor of the naughty, with popular holiday stories twisted into such unconventional treatments as film noir, silent movies, and the angst of David Mamet. (Boston Globe)
China clamps down on state firms' finances Dec 19, 2007
State firms in China must carefully manage their books or face a risk of bankruptcy as the government ratchets up its economic tightening, the head of the country's state asset watchdog said Tuesday. Companies overly reliant on credit to finance their operations will be pressed, and some are already teetering on the edge of trouble, said Li Rongrong, chairman of the state-run Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, or SASAC.. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Liability ruling gives doctors chills Dec 15, 2007
This current ruling ratchets the risk and the need for documentation to a level that is incompatible with reasonable patient care. In my 31 years as a primary care physician in Massachusetts, I cannot recall any of the myriad thoughtless acts by our state government that threatens the practice of medicine more than this ruling does. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
I Am Legend is a chilling creep show Dec 12, 2007
He also ratchets the suspense level up into the red, making for a wonderfully squirmy experience. As for Smith, he has to carry about 80 percent of the movie solo, and hes utterly compelling. (MSNBC -- News)
Fraser: Campaign 2008 Dec 12, 2007
That, in turn, is contributing to the steady withering away of the value of the dollar, a devaluation which then further ratchets up the price of oil (partially to compensate holders of those petrodollars who find themselves in possession of an increasingly worthless currency). As strategic countries in the Middle East and Asia grow increasingly more comfortable converting their holdings into euros or other more reliable -- which is to say, more profitable -- currencies, a speculative run on the... (Zmag.org)
Clinton ratchets up attacks on Obama Dec 3, 2007
December 03, 2007 ONLINE EDITION. Entertainment Review : Art of Photography : Business Trends : Eyes of a Reporter. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
